UKMT Junior Maths Challenge

Ds1 didn't do in in yr 6 as our primary don't.

He did it in yr 7 and enjoyed it but I have no recollection of how he did, although the top few yr 7's get recommended for the RI Masterclasses and he went to those the following autumn, so he must have done okay but I don't remember any medals and definitely not through to Kangaroo or Olympiad.

Yr 8 he got through to the Olympiad (can't remember that he got in the challange) and I've just had a look and he got a bronze medal, so definite progression for him.

Unfortunately for some reason the school didn't enter into the Intermediate this year so he hasn't done it (yr 9).

@Pedanthere - I know it's just for fun - just wondered (as I've never come across it before) if each year they do it they may go 'up a band' as it were? I don't even know if her secondary school partakes in the challenge, am just interested from other parents whose kids have done it since Yr 6 (if that's the first year you do the junior one?) if that's how it sort of works.

DD informed me this morning that she got a silver.

Just goes to show Positive Mental Attitude isn't all its cracked up to be.

I'm very confused then , DS's teacher rang to say they were looking into why DS's results were missing , I said that if needed I could help by contacting the UKMT but she said it wasn't them? It is G something and called Junior Kangaroo? Anyone know what she may mean?

Those who got through to the JMO - well done! It's worth having a look at the sample solutions on the JMO page, as explaining their proofs is quite a different skill to the usual school questions.

Get to the top of the Olympiad competitions, you get book prizes. Also in the British Olympiad, you get actual medals.

There are medals available for the JMO too! Ds has a nice little collection

lilybookins

Schools shouldn't expect them to achieve any particular score in the test. It's a test taken purely for fun.

Does anyone know when the kangaroo test takes place?

The Kangaroo and the Olympiad take place at the same time. This year it is on the 13th June.

My DS has been told the Kangaroo is June 13th.

Does anyone know when the kangaroo test takes place?

My daughter got silver - she's Yr 6 (at a state school) and has never done one of these tests before, they didn't do any prep, were only told the afternoon before they were sitting it (her and 6/7 other kids did it, not whole year)

My question is do kids do this test now up until Yr 8 (if the school that she goes to in Yr 7 even partakes in it)? Do the children expect to go up a level per year? Asking because I've just never even heard of it until a few weeks ago when she told me she'd done the test!
Thanks

Its good to know results are out so I can see if I hear anything from DD. I'm guessing I won't. She was well pissed off that she had to sit it as she missed PE. She also said it was very hard. So basically radiating the usual level of perceived hard-done-by'ness of a mardy 13 year old girl.

She is at a selective school with quite a strong reputation for Maths and the top 2 sets had to do it, so there wasn't even any feeling that it was an honour to have been asked. I suspect her feeling was "Its Not Fair" and she did the test in that spirit. Way to go DD

DS's school announced results today but his was missing

DD got silver and was a bit disappointed as some got gold. However DS 1 never got better than silver and got into read maths at Cambridge so I don't think it is much of an indicator of anything!

Schools buy packs of papers for entry, they come in packs of 25.

Cheers all. Don't know if kangaroo or Olympiad, DD didn't get told or get her score.

Thanks. So pretty good to even get to take part in most schools then! Hooray.

I'm a teacher, but not Maths. In my school there were only around ten results given out in today's notices although I have no idea how many were entered. So sounds like any award is impressive.

DS1 is at a selective school. They put in the top 3-4 from each Year 7 class and then more from Year 8.

DakotaFanny

The school can enter as many or as few children as they want for the JMC, provided that they are in Year 8 or below. There are also Intermediate and Senior challenges for older years. Schools usually only enter children from top set, because they have to pay a fee to enter them.

The Kangaroo and Olympiad are for the children who did well in the JMC. They are invitation only. This year, you had to have got at least 86 marks in the JMC to get into the Kangaroo, and 108 marks to get into the Olympiad.

In dd's comp the top sets sit it. In a selective school probably everyone does.

Does every child sit this paper or just a few? My son did do it. No results as far as I know.

Sorry, I read "what" as "when".

The Kangaroo is just a harder version of the JMC, but the Olympiad also tests your ability to communicate your knowledge in writing.

ChestnutsRoastingOnAnOpenFire

Tuesday 13th June

The threshold for the Kangaroo this year was 86, and the threshold for the Olympiad was 108.

Ds1 (Year 7) got his today. Gold which he was delighted with since he was the other person earlier in the thread who didn't listen and attempted every question...

Some info here. www.ukmt.org.uk/individual-competitions/junior-challenge/

What is this please? DD got through to the next round (yr 7). Do they need to do preparation then? She didn't get told her score.